Mark
@paka@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Beneath the #problematic surface, New York Times’ #Kursk reporting reveals a deeper moral rot

At the end of the day, this is just a very simple question of #moral fiber.

As a flagship Western #media outlet, in a country that has long been the center of the free world – but is now facing a moral crisis of its own – The New York Times has an inherent duty to #document these #historic events with some level of moral grounding.

https://kyivindependent.com/beneath-the-problematic-surface-the-new-york-times-kursk-reporting-reveals-a-deeper-moral-rot/

#NYT #journalism#HybridWar #misinformation
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Content creators, often based in South Asia, are churning out AI-generated posts for money, targeting Westerners' emotional reactions to the Holocaust. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/world/society/holocaust-ai-fakes-alarm/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #holocaust #ai #deepfakes #socialmedia #misinformation #wwii #genocide
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

A clash between Elon Musk’s xAI empire and European officials is intensifying with Poland and Germany calling for more aggressive action against the company following antisemitic comments made by the chatbot on X. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/10/tech/europe-musk-xai-grok/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #europe #elonmusk #xai #grok #ai #socialmedia #misinformation #eu #apps #x
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Following deadly floods in Texas misinformation was roiling social media, with liberals baselessly blaming staff cuts at U.S. weather agencies for flawed warning systems and conservatives ramping up conspiracy theories. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/world/politics/texas-floods-misinformation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #texas #floods #misinformation #us #donaldtrump #republicans
Julian Oliver
@JulianOliver@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

In step with 'Project 2025', which seeks to undermine and erase climate science, Trump is trying to shut down the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. He is doing this as part of an aggressive defunding of NOAA.

Data collected by this observatory since 1958 has been central to nearly every report ever published on our changing climate.

Our home planet may soon lose a canonical reference that it is warming.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/01/climate/trump-cuts-mauna-loa-keeling

(Edit: grammar fix)

#climate #misinformation
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Political parties in Japan worried about misinformation spreading online are seeking help from social media platforms while hinting at new legislation if corporate actions fall short. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/27/japan/politics/regulating-social-media-elections/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #socialmedia #internet #ldp #fakenews #diet #misinformation #ichiroaisawa
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Days after the Philippine Senate declined to launch the impeachment trial of the country's vice president, two interviews with Filipinos arguing for and against the move went viral. Neither were real. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/26/asia-pacific/politics/ai-sara-duterte-impeachment-philippines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #ai #deepfakes #misinformation#saraduterte #philippines
Medium
@medium@me.dm  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Can You Spot Fake News? Many Can’t When Scored on a Validated Test by Andrea Romeo RN, BN

https://medium.com/wise-well/can-you-spot-fake-news-many-cant-when-scored-on-a-validated-test-19ccd336e1e6

Designed in 2023, this is the first scientifically validated tool to measure one’s susceptibility to misinformation (meaning it’s repeatable and reliable). As Andrea Romeo explains, "it’s on all of us to stay sharp-eyed out there, raise our information standards, and learn to question what’s presented to us online." — Harris @ Medium

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#Misinformation#Medium

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b-rain
@b_rain@troet.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

"each individual kid is now hooked into a Nonsense Machine" #school#AI#KI #meme #misinformation #desinformation

@stilloranged: this kid was extremely combative with me, and i understood why. i was sitting in front of him and telling him that the internet, a computer, technology, all these supposedly authoritative things... were wrong. and that i, one person, was right. he basically *couldn't* believe me. he decided that i was simply a teacher who'd made a mistake. he could check it, after all! he could look it up! he could find the REAL facts. i obviously hadn't done that, i was just an adult who'd decided i was smarter than him. hence the defensiveness. like i said: i understood. it was so fucking rough. i did my best, but i am one person trying to work against a campaign of misinformation so vast that it fucking terrifies me. this kid is being set up for a life lived entirely inside the hall of mirrors
@stilloranged: this kid was extremely combative with me, and i understood why. i was sitting in front of him and telling him that the internet, a computer, technology, all these supposedly authoritative things... were wrong. and that i, one person, was right. he basically *couldn't* believe me. he decided that i was simply a teacher who'd made a mistake. he could check it, after all! he could look it up! he could find the REAL facts. i obviously hadn't done that, i was just an adult who'd decided i was smarter than him. hence the defensiveness. like i said: i understood. it was so fucking rough. i did my best, but i am one person trying to work against a campaign of misinformation so vast that it fucking terrifies me. this kid is being set up for a life lived entirely inside the hall of mirrors
@stilloranged: this kid was extremely combative with me, and i understood why. i was sitting in front of him and telling him that the internet, a computer, technology, all these supposedly authoritative things... were wrong. and that i, one person, was right. he basically *couldn't* believe me. he decided that i was simply a teacher who'd made a mistake. he could check it, after all! he could look it up! he could find the REAL facts. i obviously hadn't done that, i was just an adult who'd decided i was smarter than him. hence the defensiveness. like i said: i understood. it was so fucking rough. i did my best, but i am one person trying to work against a campaign of misinformation so vast that it fucking terrifies me. this kid is being set up for a life lived entirely inside the hall of mirrors
@stilloranged and i was like "this is not a search bar" and they were like "yes it is, you can search for anything in here" the thing that made me feel crazy is like. every kid that's using this as a browser is getting new BESPOKE false "facts." this isn't "a widespread misconception about X that stems from how it's taught in schools." each individual kid is now hooked into a Nonsense Machine. With the "widespread misconception about X" you can start at a baseline. like, ok, in tenth grade we all talk about X thing from history, and that leaves us with some misguided concepts about X, but we can correct that as students get broader understandings of the world. But with this, each child is getting UNIQUE wrong facts they are SURE are correct... because they did what we told them to do! they "looked it up"! they got it from somewhere! it's not a kid making up a belief on hearsay and assumption... it's something they think they LEARNED
@stilloranged and i was like "this is not a search bar" and they were like "yes it is, you can search for anything in here" the thing that made me feel crazy is like. every kid that's using this as a browser is getting new BESPOKE false "facts." this isn't "a widespread misconception about X that stems from how it's taught in schools." each individual kid is now hooked into a Nonsense Machine. With the "widespread misconception about X" you can start at a baseline. like, ok, in tenth grade we all talk about X thing from history, and that leaves us with some misguided concepts about X, but we can correct that as students get broader understandings of the world. But with this, each child is getting UNIQUE wrong facts they are SURE are correct... because they did what we told them to do! they "looked it up"! they got it from somewhere! it's not a kid making up a belief on hearsay and assumption... it's something they think they LEARNED
@stilloranged and i was like "this is not a search bar" and they were like "yes it is, you can search for anything in here" the thing that made me feel crazy is like. every kid that's using this as a browser is getting new BESPOKE false "facts." this isn't "a widespread misconception about X that stems from how it's taught in schools." each individual kid is now hooked into a Nonsense Machine. With the "widespread misconception about X" you can start at a baseline. like, ok, in tenth grade we all talk about X thing from history, and that leaves us with some misguided concepts about X, but we can correct that as students get broader understandings of the world. But with this, each child is getting UNIQUE wrong facts they are SURE are correct... because they did what we told them to do! they "looked it up"! they got it from somewhere! it's not a kid making up a belief on hearsay and assumption... it's something they think they LEARNED
@stilloranged weird interaction with a student this week. they kept coming up with weird "facts" ("greek is actually a combination of four other languages") that left me baffled. i said let's look this stuff up together, and they said ok, i'll open a search bar, and they opened... ch*tgpt
@stilloranged weird interaction with a student this week. they kept coming up with weird "facts" ("greek is actually a combination of four other languages") that left me baffled. i said let's look this stuff up together, and they said ok, i'll open a search bar, and they opened... ch*tgpt
@stilloranged weird interaction with a student this week. they kept coming up with weird "facts" ("greek is actually a combination of four other languages") that left me baffled. i said let's look this stuff up together, and they said ok, i'll open a search bar, and they opened... ch*tgpt
Rich Stein (he/him)
@RunRichRun@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

🌞 Apparently there are some influencers who are now advising against wearing sunscreen. 🙄 There's a conspiracy born every minute. Don't fall for this one, either. Ask skin cancer survivors, those who now have wrinkly skin from too much exposure without sunscreen and trained medical personnel — doctors. Whether you're protesting, gardening, exercising or on the beach, wear sunscreen. 😎
https://people.com/sun-exposure-expert-sets-record-straight-11749358
h/t @cambskeptics
https://mastodonapp.uk/@cambskeptics/114648106520580903
#sunscreen #disinformation #misinformation